There are many important things a city can do to gain our consideration for this list: segregated bike lanes, municipal bike racks and bike boulevards, to name a few. If you have those things in your town, cyclists probably have the ear of the local government&mdash;another key factor. To make our Top 50, a city must also support a vibrant and diverse bike culture, and it must have smart, savvy bike shops. If your town isn&rsquo;t named below, use this as an opportunity to do something about it. Already on the list? Go out and enjoy a ride. (Note: We considered only cities with populations of 100,000 or more, and we strove for geographical diversity to avoid having a list dominated by California&rsquo;s many bike-oriented cities.)
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Last year Long Beach laid out 16 miles of new bike lanes, with 20 more miles set to be built this year, and installed 400 bike racks. Construction is now underway on a $500,000 bike boulevard; two more are in the pipeline.
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Boston was one of the worst cities for cycling for years. Now, former Olympic cyclist Nicole Freedman serves as its bike coordinator. In the last few years, the city has come along impressively, adding bike lanes and racks, and promoting educational programs.
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Philly suffered a setback in late 2009 when a cyclist struck and killed a pedestrian, causing outrage to erupt against the cyclists at large. But besides that, Philadelphia is very bike-friendly, with lanes, greenways and a diverse cycling community.
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A new trail just beyond the city's southern border runs all the way to Akron&mdash;110 miles in all. Plans call for a web of trails to unspool east and west as well. To get tourists in the act, the city launched a bike-rental program last summer&mdash;part of a larger goal to expand into an indoor parking garage with showers, changing rooms and lockers.
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In less than two years, Miami has gone from being one of the worst bike cities in America to one that strives to be one of the best. Former mayor Manny Diaz hired the city's first bike-ped coordinator, and the city has hosted a number of ciclovia events. New bike lanes, sharrows and trails are in the works.
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